3 July 2010
Checked out of the hotel. The breakfast had cheese, sliced meat & sausages, bread, hard rolls, jelly, cereal, very nice Fruestuck und cafe creme. Got checked out & went to the boat that left at 9 AM. This part of the Rhein has the highest density of castles on the Rhein
Our goal was to reach Rothenburg ab der Tauber by the end of the day. To get to Rothenburg we first had to get off the cruise ship at Bachrach which was a very pleasant medieval village that reminded me of Rothenburg (even though they are far apart).
That night we walked through Rothenburg taking pictures. We were in time to catch the end of the night watch, a presentation in English about the history of Rothenburg including some of the legends.
Afterwards we went to an ice cream shop. Laurie got the Jamaica sunday, Matt got the chocolate with nuts and I had fruit with sherbet. It tasted really good after our hot day. I took a shower before bed to cool off. I decided I needed to start carrying two water bottles with us.
many scenic churches and fachwerk Hauser
and many famous vineyards. Wine is more popular in this region than beer and was actually cheaper than pop or water. Laurie got a wine on the boat & Matt & I had coke.
It was very hot, we had sunscreen but I am worried I will get badly sun burnt out on the water. We are now at km 560.
Our goal was to reach Rothenburg ab der Tauber by the end of the day. To get to Rothenburg we first had to get off the cruise ship at Bachrach which was a very pleasant medieval village that reminded me of Rothenburg (even though they are far apart).
We did not stay there though. It was extremely hot and we only had a little water left. The train took us first to Mainz. We weren’t sure if we could get to Rothenburg that day. Next we went from Mainz to Frankfurt then a quick change at Frankfurt to Wurzburg. Wurzburg is beginning to be at a little higher altitude.
There had been a fire on the track and the train to the next city, Steinach, was delayed. There isn’t a big train that goes just to Rothenburg. Everyone has to go first to Steinach and it was starting to get late. We actually got on the wrong train and got off again at the last minute after asking some people if this was the right train.
Finally we got the train to Steinach which had no air conditioning. We had to wait a while for the train to Rothenburg. It finally came, a nice air conditioned train.
At Rothenburg we first tried to get a room at the hotel by the train station but they said the only room they had was in the loft with no air conditioning for E120 so we tried the next place. By now we each had 3 big packs, each a shoulder bag and another grocery sized bag of stuff so it was getting a bit much to carry on and off the trains and to carry around searching for a Hotel. We went to the next Hotel. The people were more polite and it cost E90 for 3 people, the rooms were very nice with shower and toilet in the room, free breakfast consisted of sliced meats & cheeses, hard rolls, jellys, yogurt, cereal coffee & creme, juice, hardboiled eggs in an egg holder etc.
There had been a fire on the track and the train to the next city, Steinach, was delayed. There isn’t a big train that goes just to Rothenburg. Everyone has to go first to Steinach and it was starting to get late. We actually got on the wrong train and got off again at the last minute after asking some people if this was the right train.
Finally we got the train to Steinach which had no air conditioning. We had to wait a while for the train to Rothenburg. It finally came, a nice air conditioned train.
At Rothenburg we first tried to get a room at the hotel by the train station but they said the only room they had was in the loft with no air conditioning for E120 so we tried the next place. By now we each had 3 big packs, each a shoulder bag and another grocery sized bag of stuff so it was getting a bit much to carry on and off the trains and to carry around searching for a Hotel. We went to the next Hotel. The people were more polite and it cost E90 for 3 people, the rooms were very nice with shower and toilet in the room, free breakfast consisted of sliced meats & cheeses, hard rolls, jellys, yogurt, cereal coffee & creme, juice, hardboiled eggs in an egg holder etc.
That night we walked through Rothenburg taking pictures. We were in time to catch the end of the night watch, a presentation in English about the history of Rothenburg including some of the legends.
Afterwards we went to an ice cream shop. Laurie got the Jamaica sunday, Matt got the chocolate with nuts and I had fruit with sherbet. It tasted really good after our hot day. I took a shower before bed to cool off. I decided I needed to start carrying two water bottles with us.
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